The Dakini Mandala Project Biography

  • Can Dakinis offer an antidote to Fear, Anger, and Aggression? Yes.

With the state of the world, it seems we need all the help we can find.

  • From the root poisons of Fear, Anger, and Aggression, do all other negative

emotions arise? Yes. Each Dakini symbolizes a different axis of transformation.

Pre-Buddhist, their wisdom pertains to all of humanity, especially now.

  • Can we control the energy of Dakinis? No. They are elemental, earth-based and

move very quickly. Contrary to other Eastern practices, they invite us to embody

and work through our emotional and mental negativity, or root poisons.

  • Can ancient Dakini wisdom offer healing and transformation today? Yes.

According to Lama Tsultrim Allione, visitors to the mandala installation will

automatically receive the transmission and the teachings by simply viewing the

Dakinis.

  • This mandala represents the first time in the West where the entire human life-

sized mandala of Queen Dakini Simhamukha’s retinue has been created. Each of

the 25 Dakinis teach a unique lesson. Those lessons will be described in a discreet

legend attached to the frames of each piece.

  • In the 1950’s, a Tibetan yogini named Ayu Khadro, who lived in a cave, found

herself on a long-distance walkabout in search of sacred texts she saw in a dream.

The scrolls she “saw” turned out to be hidden in a clay pot and buried in a cave.

Following her discovery near the beginning of the Chinese invasion of Tibet, Ayu

Khadro’s wisdom was that everyday citizens of the West need the transformative

power of the Dakinis. She instructed a young lama to take the practice out of

Tibet before it was “lost” again.

  • Jennet Inglis was taught the same Dakini practice. After 3 months, Jennet

received a sacred vision from the so-called Mother of All Dakinis, the Vajrayogini.

A manifestation of All Buddhas, the Vajrayogini instructed Jennet in the step-by-

step creation of the 25-piece human life-sized installation. When first created,

Lama Tsultrim declared the mandala to be a “gongter”, or mind-treasure.

  • The Dakini Mandala project is independent, autonomous, and available to

everyone. The project has traveled to New York City, Washington D.C., New

Mexico, Oregon and Virginia for workshops and seminars.